Peter Winterbottom

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Peter James Winterbottom (born 31 May 1960) in Otley, West Yorkshire, is a former England rugby union footballer who played as an openside flanker. He was England's most capped openside with 58 caps until being overtaken by Neil Back in 2003. He made his England debut on 2 January 1982 against Australia and his final appearance on 20 March 1993 against Ireland.played for hawkes bay.

Winterbottom was known for his work rate, durability, hard tackling and courage. He was selected on two British and Irish Lions tours in 1983 and 1993, both to New Zealand, where he impressed the locals with his fine play, albeit on losing sides. He was the second England player to reach 50 caps, after Rory Underwood and is also on the Twickenham wall of fame 100.

Winterbottom played club rugby for Headingley.

Renowned rugby observer Colin Murray was quoted as saying 'he was a player who made the most of his limited talents and would never have made it in the modern era.'

[edit] After rugby

Since his career ended, Winterbottom has carved out a career in finance. He previously worked as a money broker for BGC Partners alongside Ben Clarke,^[1], but left BGC in 2008 to join interdealer broker Creditex.^{[citation needed]}

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Sporting heroes 1 2 3 4

Sporting positions
Preceded by Paul Dodge	English National Rugby Union Captain ????-1988	Succeeded by Will Carling

v • d • e British and Irish Lions - 1983 New Zealand tour

Forwards	Bainbridge • Beattie • Boyle • Butler • Calder • Colclough • Deans • Fitzgerald (c) • Jeavons • Jones • Lenihan • McLoughlin • Milne • Norster • O'Driscoll • Paxton • Price • Squire • Stephens • Winterbottom

Backs	Ackerman • Baird • Campbell • Carleton • Evans • Hare • Holmes • Irwin • Kiernan • Laidlaw • MacNeill • Melville • Ringland • Rutherford • Smith • Woodward

Coach	Telfer

v • d • e British and Irish Lions - 1993 New Zealand tour

Forwards	Bayfield • Burnell • Clarke • Cronin • Dooley • Galwey • Johnson • Leonard • Milne • Moore • Popplewell • Reed • Richards • Teague • Webster • Winterbottom • Wright

Backs	Andrew • Barnes • Carling • Clement • Cunningham • Evans • Gibbs • Guscott • Gavin Hastings (c) • Scott Hastings • Hunter • Jones • Morris • Nicol • Rory Underwood • Tony Underwood • Wallace

Coach	McGeechan & Best